Saturday, May 25, 2013

Operation Write Home - Memorial Day Weekend Blog Hop

Happy Memorial Day Weekend! Yes, it's a three day weekend for most of us, and the "unofficial" start of summer, but it's also a time to pay tribute to our servicemen and women, past and present.

Operation Write Home is hosting their annual Memorial Day Weekend blog hop, showcasing "thank you" cards from cardmakers and papercrafters everywhere. These cards can be thank you cards for our servicemen and women to send home to friends and family, or thank you cards to them for their service to our country. Card for the blog hop are based off any of the one hundred seventy plus card sketches on the Operation Write Home blog. (You can find all the sketches here.) And of course there are prizes for participants in the blog hop, and also for blog hoppers who leave comments along the way, so be sure to check out all the participating blogs this weekend! Just click on the OWH badge above and it will take you to the start of the hop where you can access all the participating blogs.

I made two cards for the hop. This "thank you" card is based on OWH sketch #67, using papers from Lily Bee Designs, Stampin' Up ribbon, and stamps from A. Jillian Vance Designs.

This "any hero" card is based on OWH sketch #154, using papers from Bella Blvd, a star embossing folder from Cuttlebug, and a computer generated sentiment.

Thanks for joining in the OWH Memorial Day blog hop! If you'd like to know more about Operation Write Home, here's a link to their "welcome" site.

I don't think that I would have ever put the papers together that you did in your first card. I just don't think outside of the box enough. It is a beautiful combination. Your second card is also gorgeous with it's R/W/B color scheme.

I really love your color choices on each, and your use of 2 very busy patterns works here - love the pops of yellow, too. Love the papers and how you framed the sentiment with 2 different colors, and the white on the ribbon really adds a nice touch to this card. Thank you for sharing these and for your support of our heroes and OWH.

The papers on your first card are stunning. Love the little tag that hangs down on it. I also really like the second patriotic card. Nice embossing and stitching. The ribbon matches perfectly with the flag design paper as well. Thank you for sharing your cards with us! ~ Marilyn

Both of your care great. I love the papers and the patriotic feel for the second card. I was looking for the information on the sentiment and found that is a computer generated. What a great idea. Thanks for sharing.

Both cards are great but LOVE the grey and yellow card.It might be after the weekend here in the UK, but I just wanted to support such a good cause."Like the ivy and the wall, together we stand united we fall"